Executed
John Rinkard
John Rinkard, 63, was executed by hanging on January 17, 1902, in Wabash County, Indiana. Indiana Department of Correction records, as cited in a 2024 news report, list the cause of death as hanging. His death was a judicial execution carried out by the state.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: IDOC records (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.